[rspec-users] 'new' method works as expected but rspec does not recognise flash contents or redirection

[Gordon Yeong]

Guys,

  Not sure why but I deleted my Gemfile.lock file.  Found that it's due to
a stale Gemfile.lock file which is still using rspec-core 2.8.0 when in
fact I just performed and update yesterday night on rspec (hence I've got
rspec-core 2.9.0).
  Ran "rspec parts_controller.spec.rb" again and all tests are passing.

 Could it really be the stale Gemfile.lock file? hmmm


On 26 March 2012 21:47, Gordon <anexiole at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all :)
>
>  Found a spec failing today.
> Not sure why.
>
>  When I run my application and successfully added a new object, i can
> see
> 1) a redirection has taken place to the index page as expected (302
> code returned) from the console
> 2) the flash notice's message being displayed in the index page
>
> BUT
> when I run the specs (see below), it fails indicating that the
> redirection did not occur (as a 200 code was returned) AND
> that the flash notice message was nil.
>
>
> ---------specs error start -------------------------------------
>
>  1) PartsController saves the new part object successfully sets the
> flash with a success message
>     Failure/Error: flash[:notice].should eq('Part was successfully
> created.')
>
>       expected: "Part was successfully created."
>            got: nil
>
>       (compared using ==)
>     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:35:in `block (3
> levels) in <top (required)>'
>
>  2) PartsController saves the new part object successfully redirects
> the user back to the parts index page
>     Failure/Error: response.should redirect_to( :action => 'index' )
>       Expected response to be a <:redirect>, but was <200>
>     # ./spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb:39:in `block (3
> levels) in <top (required)>'
>
> --------- specs error end   -------------------------------------
>
> --------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - start
> ------------------
>
>  context 'saves the new part object successfully' do
>        before(:each) do
>            post :create, :part => { 'title' => 'HKS boost
> controller' }
>        end
>
>        # we could combine the 2 specs below to save on the post
> request
>        # to the create action but having 2 separate specs would give
>        # clarity
>        it 'sets the flash with a success message' do
>            flash[:notice].should eq('Part was successfully created.')
>        end
>
>        it 'redirects the user back to the parts index page' do
>            response.should redirect_to( :action => 'index' )
>        end
>    end
>
> --------- extract of spec/controllers/parts_controller_spec.rb - end
> ------------------
>
>
> I'm not sure what's going on :(
>
>
>
>
> --------  "parts_controller.rb" - start
> -------------------------------
>
>  # POST /parts
>  # POST /parts.xml
>  def create
>    # Record current user's id as he/she created the part
>    params[:part][:created_by] = current_user.id
>    params[:part][:updated_by] = current_user.id
>
>    @part = Part.new(params[:part])
>    respond_to do |format|
>        if @part.save
>            flash[:notice] = 'Part was successfully created.'
>            format.html { redirect_to(parts_path) }
>            format.xml  { render :xml => @part, :status
> => :created, :location => @part }
>            format.json  {
>                @parts = Part.all;
>                render :json => @parts
>            }
>        else
>            format.html { render :action => "new" }
>            format.xml  { render :xml => @part.errors, :status
> => :unprocessable_entity }
>        end
>    end
>  end
>
>
> --------  "parts_controller.rb" - end  -------------------------------
>
>
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